I drove the Mark 150 miles one way to Silver Dollar Raceway outside of Reynolds, GA yesterday, to see what the Mark will do with the 285 Toyo Proxes T1R street tires.
I let it cool down for about 45 minutes after the drive, and now I think I might let it cool down a little longer next time. The temp gauge was in between cold and where it normally sits when warmed up, but the Vortech was not cooled off yet.
First run: I just did a dry burnout - no smoke show, more like clean off the tires, and launched off idle rolling my foot into it. It hooked after a little spin with a 1.8 60'. I left a blow-off valve O-ring on the starting line so there is some air bleeding off until I put the ring back in. That short time is actually a better 60 than with the steel rim inner tube M/T ET Streets I had on the car last November at SSHS8.
The car still needs some transmission tuning, and the torque converter is locking up around the 1000' mark. The car felt flat, like timing was being pulled. Air temps in the car showed in the upper 60's outside. Ran 12.415@115.21
Second run: Cool down was a hour and a half. Same burnout as the first run. This time, I stalled the converter to just under 2000rpm, and tried to roll into it since I hooked on the first run. Well, that didn't work . All hell broke loose. I went all through 1st and 2nd gear sideways John Force style bouncing off the rev limiter the entire way lol .
lol The poor kid driving the bright lime green 340 Duster next to me sure did see a show. In fact, he pulled me by 2 cars by the 1/8th mile while I was melting the tires. By the 1000' mark, we were even, and by the stripe, I had him by 3 cars. He ran a 14.261@97.77 to my 13.933@113.16.
lol Guys came out of the stands to give me props after that show.
I need to pick up another set of drag radials for the new rims. I had a lot of fun just driving up and racing without having to swap tires. I went by myself, so there are no pictures or videos this time. Just the time slips below.
The one on the left is from last November with the steel rims and inner tube MT ET Streets to compare against the 2 runs on street tires for the middle and right slips.
The left slip is with Aric's S-trim with a 2.7 pulley, and the middle and right slip are with my new T-trim with a 3.33 pulley. Also, outside air temp for the left slip was in the 30's, and the middle and right slips air temp was in the 60's.
I let it cool down for about 45 minutes after the drive, and now I think I might let it cool down a little longer next time. The temp gauge was in between cold and where it normally sits when warmed up, but the Vortech was not cooled off yet.
First run: I just did a dry burnout - no smoke show, more like clean off the tires, and launched off idle rolling my foot into it. It hooked after a little spin with a 1.8 60'. I left a blow-off valve O-ring on the starting line so there is some air bleeding off until I put the ring back in. That short time is actually a better 60 than with the steel rim inner tube M/T ET Streets I had on the car last November at SSHS8.
The car still needs some transmission tuning, and the torque converter is locking up around the 1000' mark. The car felt flat, like timing was being pulled. Air temps in the car showed in the upper 60's outside. Ran 12.415@115.21
Second run: Cool down was a hour and a half. Same burnout as the first run. This time, I stalled the converter to just under 2000rpm, and tried to roll into it since I hooked on the first run. Well, that didn't work . All hell broke loose. I went all through 1st and 2nd gear sideways John Force style bouncing off the rev limiter the entire way lol .
lol The poor kid driving the bright lime green 340 Duster next to me sure did see a show. In fact, he pulled me by 2 cars by the 1/8th mile while I was melting the tires. By the 1000' mark, we were even, and by the stripe, I had him by 3 cars. He ran a 14.261@97.77 to my 13.933@113.16.
lol Guys came out of the stands to give me props after that show.
I need to pick up another set of drag radials for the new rims. I had a lot of fun just driving up and racing without having to swap tires. I went by myself, so there are no pictures or videos this time. Just the time slips below.
The one on the left is from last November with the steel rims and inner tube MT ET Streets to compare against the 2 runs on street tires for the middle and right slips.
The left slip is with Aric's S-trim with a 2.7 pulley, and the middle and right slip are with my new T-trim with a 3.33 pulley. Also, outside air temp for the left slip was in the 30's, and the middle and right slips air temp was in the 60's.